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ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

Synonyms:

anovulant; anovulatory drug; birth control pill; contraceptive pill; oral contraceptive; oral contraceptive pill; pill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oral contraceptive" is a kind of...):

birth control device; contraceptive; contraceptive device; preventative; preventive; prophylactic device (an agent or device intended to prevent conception)

Meronyms (substance of "oral contraceptive"):

Lipo-Lutin; progesterone (a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oral contraceptive"):

Demulen (trade name for an oral contraceptive)

Enovid (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel)

Loestrin (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Lo/Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)

Micronor (trade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone)

Modicon (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Norinyl (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol)

Norlestrin (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Nor-Q-D (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone)

Ovocon (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone)

Ovral (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel)

Ovrette (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel)

Ovulen (trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound)

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 Context examples: 

Also called oral contraceptive pill.

(Birth control pill, NCI Dictionary)

The oral contraceptive preparation contains a combination of an estrogen, such as ethinyl estradiol, and a progestagen, such as levonorgestrel or norethidrone.

(Oral Contraceptive Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)